{"id":1398920,"date":"2022-03-24T16:00:28","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398920"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:00:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:00:32","slug":"nyc-mayor-eric-adams-mocked-after-dropping-vax-mandate-for-performers-and-athletes-but-not-private-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-mocked-after-dropping-vax-mandate-for-performers-and-athletes-but-not-private-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mayor Eric Adams Mocked After Dropping Vax Mandate for Performers and Athletes but Not Private Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-mayor-eric-adams-mocked-after-dropping-vax-mandate-for-performers-and-athletes-but-not-private-workers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1398920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is exempting performers and athletes from the city\u2019s private sector vaccine mandate, claiming that they are simply \u201cleveling the playing field for New Yorkers and supporting local businesses and performance venues across the city,\u201d despite keeping the mandate in place for other private workers.<\/p>\n<p>Adams <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/office-of-the-mayor\/news\/151-22\/mayor-adams-takes-measures-support-small-businesses-independent-venues-levels-playing-field#\/0\">made<\/a> the announcement on Thursday, exempting performers and athletes from the city\u2019s intrusive vaccine mandate on private workers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cToday we take another step in our city\u2019s economic recovery \u2014 leveling the playing field for New Yorkers and supporting local businesses and performance venues across the city,\u201d he claimed. It remains unclear how this move supports local businesses from a freedom standpoint, at least, as other private workers were not granted the same exemption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy expanding an existing exemption, we are simply making sure the rules apply equally to everyone who is a performer, regardless of where they are from. The old exemption put our sports teams at a self-imposed competitive disadvantage and was unfair to New York performers,\u201d he claimed, failing to fully address how critics would perceive this to be unfair to other workers in the private sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, with the city in a low-risk environment, we can keep protecting each other, as we continue to move in the right direction and deliver an equitable and inclusive economic recovery,\u201d Adams added:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mayor Eric Adams has officially announced the exemption for professional athletes. This allows Kyrie Irving to play at home games at Barclays Center, and play at Madison Square Garden. It will also allow unvaccinated Yankees and Mets players to play at home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WJPPuS5v2W\">pic.twitter.com\/WJPPuS5v2W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Milholen (@CMilholenSB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMilholenSB\/status\/1507020707187806210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Prior to Adams\u2019 announcement, the vaccine rules \u201cgenerally allowed performers who live outside New York City and athletes who play for visiting teams to perform or play in New York City, regardless of COVID-19 vaccination status.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His office deemed this a \u201cdouble standard\u201d that \u201churt the city\u2019s economy and put New York sports teams at a self-imposed competitive disadvantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Social media users were quick to mock the Democrats for the hypocrisy of this decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The gist of the <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Eric Adams<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> vaccine mandate press conference right now is that he\u2019s siding with millionaires money over everyday NYers,\u201d one user <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WUTangKids\/status\/1507025667006906376\">said<\/a>\u00a0as another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clockoutwars\/status\/1507022260309311489\">lamented<\/a> that Adams<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0\u201creally let wealthy athletes + celebs strong arm him into vaccine exemptions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cMayor Eric Adams: Man of the p\u0335e\u0335o\u0335p\u0335l\u0335e\u0335 elite,\u201d another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateHydeNY\/status\/1507022968622399494\">added<\/a>\u00a0as others chimed in, noting the absurdity:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from the PBA on Mayor Eric Adams\u2019s plan to offer a vaccine mandate exemption to athletes: why not police officers too? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/x4uwtjzLtz\">pic.twitter.com\/x4uwtjzLtz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emma G. Fitzsimmons (@emmagf) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emmagf\/status\/1506980430079270913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If Eric Adams wanted to have Judge and Kyrie and the various unvaccinated Mets play, he really should&#8217;ve lifted the private sector mandate for all. No other city has it and NYC&#8217;s adult population is almost 90% fully vaccinated. The city weathered omicron well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossBarkan\/status\/1507021342339645440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The idea that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCMayor<\/a>&#8216;s new carve-out from the city&#8217;s vaccine mandate for athletes, just ahead of for the NBA playoffs and the start of the baseball season, is a way to &#8220;support small businesses&#8221; and &#8220;level the playing field&#8221; is through-the-looking-glass thinking. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6KB8zZNdVV\">pic.twitter.com\/6KB8zZNdVV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harrysiegel\/status\/1507034109297758219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCMayor<\/a> at Citi Field: \u201cI want to be clear, expanding this exemption, which only applies to a small number of people, is crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s carving out NYC athletes and performers from the private biz vaccine mandate, eliminating for them\u2014 but keeping it for everyone else. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2HR0rsUp6h\">pic.twitter.com\/2HR0rsUp6h<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernadette Hogan (@bern_hogan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bern_hogan\/status\/1507020833281265665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Politically, what a very weird policy for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYCMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NYCMayor<\/a> to blow so much capital on. Almost all pain, no real gain. Disastrous for vaccine uptake. Unions fuming. Complete abandonment of his whole working class persona. To help a handful of clueless rich jocks? Pure bizarro world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rqY0Ot7nqO\">https:\/\/t.co\/rqY0Ot7nqO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Watson (@tomwatson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomwatson\/status\/1507025513314934785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Curtis Sliwa outside Citi Field, where Eric Adams is announcing the end of the vaccine mandate for athletes and entertainers. Conservatives are angry the mandate remains in place for the whole private sector, with this carve out. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDDaLl7t8T\">pic.twitter.com\/SDDaLl7t8T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RossBarkan\/status\/1507013133226848273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) is exempting performers and athletes from the city\u2019s private sector vaccine mandate, claiming that they are simply \u201cleveling the playing field for New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1398920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1398920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}